Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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I ran into Aaron in the hospital lobby, and he was carrying a bag that looked like it was packed with ointments.

"Where's Lena?" I asked, skipping over any formalities. Calling him "Mr. Ace" felt too stiff, and "Uncle Aaron"? Yeah, no. He wasn't much older than me or Lena, so that was a hard pass.

"She's upstairs getting checked," Aaron replied, glancing at his watch. "She should be done by now."

"I'll go check on her," I said, heading toward the elevators.

"Wait." Aaron held out the bag. "Her wrists and ankles are bruised. Use this."

I took the bag. "You're not coming up?"

"No," he said. "I'll wait in the car. When Gabriel and Carol are done, can you help send

them downstairs?"

He meant Lena's parents.

His response left me confused, but since we weren't close, I didn't want to pry.

asking, "How did you even find

hard if you

words made sense, but something about them didn't sit right. Nate and I had been tearing the city apart looking for her and still came

guess you care about Lena more

had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor, I spotted her with Nate. And yeah, it clicked immediately why Aaron had decided to stay downstairs-Nate was already

pouted playfully. "Rea, gimme

hugged her. "Guess it's

cracked a few jokes, shaking off some of the stress from her

smile, "you guys should head home and rest. Mr. Ace is downstairs waiting to

we'll go," Gabriel said, giving Lena a worried

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Nate here, there wasn't

you out," 1 offered, remembering Aaron's request. Plus, it gave Lena and Nate some time to actually

can do it," Nate volunteered,

I handed him the ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make sure she actually

gave a final round of instructions before they left, still fussing over Lena like moms do. I closed

there.

and I could